Are high stress levels showing up through extra weight around your midsection?
Cortisol and adrenaline (the hormones that spikes with stress) often encourage a little extra belly fat storage. If that's something you want to reduce, keep reading!
Not only do high stress levels put us in "freeze" mode, where we feel so overwhelmed we just do nothing (i.e. skip workouts), it also encourages stress-eating and water-weight retention.
There's a few things that I've found to be really helpful for decreasing stress + losing belly fat: